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Friday, August 11, 1848

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Birthdays

David Rice Atchison, detail

David Rice Atchison

41 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

James Horace Buckner

5 years old today

William Fletcher Perrie, detail

William Fletcher Perrie

15 years old today

Edward Salomon, detail

Edward Salomon

20 years old today

Leonard Swett, detail

Leonard Swett

23 years old today

Benjamin Ryan Tillman, detail

Benjamin Ryan Tillman

1 years old today

Jeptha Homer Wade, detail

Jeptha Homer Wade

37 years old today

Events

Legal/Political
John Wentworth serves in the United States House of Representatives 03/04/1843 to 03/03/1851
Legal/Political
David Wilmot serves in the United States House of Representatives 03/04/1845 to 03/03/1851
Legal/Political
Stephen A. Douglas serves in the United States Senate 03/04/1847 to 06/03/1861
Legal/Political
Abraham Lincoln serves a single term in the United States House of Representatives 03/04/1847 to 03/03/1849
Legal/Political
The 30th Congress is in session in Washington, DC, sitting from early December, 1847 till mid-August, 1848 12/07/1847 to 08/13/1848

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